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maxcelcatThe Astor had a mighty special screening on yesterday (Sunday). A lovely 70MM print of 2001. They'd even dragged along the two main stars of the film (no, not the Monolith) to do a Q&A after the screening.
Now, not sure that actors are necessarily the best one's to be talking about a film - I'd prefer to hear from the writer and the director. But Kubrick being dead and Arthur C. Clarke being more or less confined to Sri Lanka, that gets a bit hard. Still, it was kinda cool to see the (oddly named) Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood. Pity HAL couldn't make it :-)
The film itself looks GREAT on the big screen. If you ever get the chance - the Astor shows it a couple of times a year - go see it. Something was a bit buggered with their projector on this particular day, it would seem, and there was an annoying jiggle in some sections. Either that or my brain and eyes are broken :-)
The place was heavy with Nerds - not that I can talk - because apparently this was all done in conjunction with some kind of Sci-Fi convention. Hmmmm.... nerdy.
Anyway, this chewed up a good six hours of my Sunday, having Brunch with a friend chewed up another couple, watching the hail fall on High Street on the day of the street festival happened in parallel to drinking my second chai :-)
Open the pod bay doors please Hal.
Now, not sure that actors are necessarily the best one's to be talking about a film - I'd prefer to hear from the writer and the director. But Kubrick being dead and Arthur C. Clarke being more or less confined to Sri Lanka, that gets a bit hard. Still, it was kinda cool to see the (oddly named) Keir Dullea and Gary Lockwood. Pity HAL couldn't make it :-)
The film itself looks GREAT on the big screen. If you ever get the chance - the Astor shows it a couple of times a year - go see it. Something was a bit buggered with their projector on this particular day, it would seem, and there was an annoying jiggle in some sections. Either that or my brain and eyes are broken :-)
The place was heavy with Nerds - not that I can talk - because apparently this was all done in conjunction with some kind of Sci-Fi convention. Hmmmm.... nerdy.
Anyway, this chewed up a good six hours of my Sunday, having Brunch with a friend chewed up another couple, watching the hail fall on High Street on the day of the street festival happened in parallel to drinking my second chai :-)
Open the pod bay doors please Hal.
